Paul B. Nardone ’86, P’19 Paul Nardone, CEO of Better For You Brands, is a proven consumer packaged goods executive with over 25 years of experience successfully leading and growing innovative food and beverage brands. Prior to joining BFY Brands, Paul was a General Partner at Sherbrooke Capital, a growth capital private equity firm focused on the healthy living market. While at Sherbrooke, Nardone focused on driving growth across their healthy food and beverages portfolio, including serving on the Board of Directors of Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP, Ciao Bella Gelato, and Kill Cliff recovery drinks. Prior to that, Nardone served as CEO of Immaculate Baking Company from 2008 to 2013, where he led the company to become the top-selling natural brand in the $2 billion refrigerated dough category before it was acquired by General Mills. From 2004 to 2008, Nardone was CEO of Stirrings, a leading brand of premium cocktail mixers later acquired by Diageo. Nardone’s career in the better-for-you space began in 1993 at Annie’s Homegrown, where he served as CEO. As CEO of Annie’s, Nardone developed and executed a comprehensive growth strategy that created an industry-leading brand platform that is now owned by General Mills. Paul lives in Lynnfield with his wife, Laura, and their two children, Casey and Hope.
Archie Seale ’93 Archie is the Vice President of Product and Marketing at mindSHIFT, a Ricoh company, one of the largest IT Outsourcing and Cloud Services providers in the United States. Archie is responsible for marketing and communications, product strategy, product management, and vendor relations at mindSHIFT. Prior to his current role at mindSHIFT, he held senior product, operations, and engineering roles within the company. Archie holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master of Business Administration from Babson College. While a student at Governor’s, Archie participated in football, wrestling, tennis, and track. He was the recipient of the Goodwin Athletic Prize. Archie lives in Needham, Massachusetts with wife, Mackenzie, and their two sons.
Angela Rappoli ’03 Alumni Council President A native of Danvers, Massachusetts, Angela played lacrosse and field hockey at Governor’s, and graduated from Tufts in 2007, where she also played field hockey. She also started Soup’s On while at the Academy. Angela has been an active volunteer at the Academy and joined the Alumni Council in 2011. She has held leadership positions on the Council since 2013, and in May was elected Alumni Council President for a two-year term. Angela works at commercial real estate firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank as a broker specializing in the retail and restaurant spaces. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts. The Archon | Fall/Winter 2016
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